Bad Boys Part II

I pulled out one of the small rickety chairs from the kid-sized table and situated myself amongst the "boy table". Not many kids had come to school so there were only 4 niños opening up their food packages. Each one was munching on their various breakfasts, but as mentioned earlier, Zacarias was just sipping his water. He had been given two crackers from one boy and a bit of juice from one of the girls, yet he still sat there with his lethargic gaze fixed upon the sticky, sweet juice that the boy across from him was enjoying.

One of the boys peeled a sticker off of the candy wrapper he had in his hand and slapped it upon his arm. From where I sat, I could see the shenanigans of the girl table as well, seeing as they were only a few steps away. One of them shook up her soda bottle while the Professor wasn't watching, knowing she wasn't supposed to do that.

A container was opened and within it was a cheese sandwich. The owner of this sandwich waved it towards the friend beside him who snatched a bite of it and laughed. He then points it in my direction and offers it to me. I promptly take a bit of it and hand it to Zacarias. He pulls it apart and picks out the cheese, saying in an endearing voice, "Queso..." He then eats the cheese and bread, quite satisfied with himself. As the boy with the sandwich didn't seem so interested in his meal or was full from other things, so he ended up handing more over to Zacarias. At least for today, he got a breakfast.

A few moments later Zacarias and Manasses had run outside, goofing off. I went out to get them back into class. I walk to the edge of the sidewalk and stand there, beckoning to them to come. He's in the middle of the yard and turns around. We meet eyes and we smile, one moment later he's running towards me and as he gets closer his arms come up and mine come down. He jumps up and I swing him around, his head leans in and rests on my shoulder. At least for today, he got a hug.